Compton, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0615044, place: Compton city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 33,171 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,831 (5.52%)
Kindergarten: 2,052 (6.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 17,361 (52.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 7,529 (22.7%)
College or graduate school: 4,398 (13.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 46,604 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14,051 (30.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10,174 (21.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,845 (21.12%)
Some college, no degree: 7,773 (16.68%)
Associate degree: 2,014 (4.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,898 (4.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 849 (1.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 48%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 62,193 (100%)
Never married: 23,823 (38.3%)
Now married, except separated: 27,471 (44.17%)
Separated: 2,928 (4.71%)
Total Widowed: 3,534 (5.68%)
Widowed Female: 2,698 (4.34%)
Total Divorced: 4,437 (7.13%)
Divorced Female: 2,841 (4.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5,390 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,929 (35.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 57,379 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,666 (6.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 31,166 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,728 (8.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 45,714 (100%)
--With a disability: 13,539 (29.62%)
----Percent employed: 45.3%
--No disability: 32,175 (70.38%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
Population 65 years and over: 6,648 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,434 (51.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 83,615 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 49,300 (58.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 30,713 (36.73%)
--Same county: 28,058 (33.56%)
--Different county: 2,655 (3.18%)
----Same state: 1,932 (2.31%)
----Different state: 723 (0.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,602 (4.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 93,226 (100%)
Native: 63,945 (68.59%)
--Born in United States: 62,919 (100%)
----State of residence: 48,643 (52.18%)
----Different state: 14,276 (15.31%)
--Born outside United States: 1,026 (1.1%)
Foreign born: 29,281 (31.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10,018 (10.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,041 (7.55%)
--Not a citizen: 22,240 (23.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29,281 (100%)
Europe: 41 (0.14%)
Asia: 259 (0.88%)
Africa: 51 (0.17%)
Oceania: 266 (0.91%)
Latin America: 28,660 (97.88%)
Northern America: 4 (0.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 83,615 (100%)
English only: 37,485 (44.83%)
Language other than English: 46,130 (55.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28,907 (34.57%)
--Spanish: 44,780 (53.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28,274 (33.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 165 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,002 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 547 (0.65%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 93,226 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 81,700% (87.64%)
Arab: 31 (0.03%)
Czech: 19 (0.02%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 110 (0.12%)
French (except Basque): 158 (0.17%)
French Canadian: 29 (0.03%)
German: 139 (0.15%)
Greek: 21 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 198 (0.21%)
Italian: 69 (0.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0%)
Portuguese: 24 (0.03%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 20 (0.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1,535 (1.65%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 869 (0.93%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 287 (0.31%)
Other ancestries: 78,188 (83.87%)

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